Results: Looting to Survive
1.
1.
You are caught in a massive natural disaster or civil unrest incident. Stores are closed and the electricity is off. You (and any family) are hungry, thirsty, hot/cold, and perhaps sick or in pain. Outside help may be days away, and there's a store full of supplies in front of you. What do you do?
Take only what is absolutely necessary to survive
57%
•
1298 votes
Take things you really need (like diapers) but you could survive without
16%
•
355 votes
Take a few comfort items
10%
•
237 votes
Take a few valuables to use as barter items
9%
•
197 votes
Take things that you figure will spoil or be destroyed anyway
14%
•
311 votes
Grab whatever you want
9%
•
204 votes
Refuse to take anything
8%
•
181 votes
Undecided
18%
•
409 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
•
38 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.22% | 7 | |
| speak with the owner of the store. | 0.03% | 1 |
| take what is necessary leaving a note to pay when business is open | 0.03% | 1 |
| grab whatever i can | 0.03% | 1 |
| i wouldn't steal regardless. | 0.03% | 1 |
| find other ways to survive wont steal. | 0.03% | 1 |
| i may take the essentials but would make notation of what i took and pay for them once the store reopens | 0.03% | 1 |
| i would take it but pay for it after things had settled down. | 0.03% | 1 |
| the stores should open to provide | 0.03% | 1 |
| take what is only needed and when the disaster is over i would re-pay them for the items that i took. | 0.03% | 1 |
| depends on the circumstances | 0.03% | 1 |
| i wuld take only what i needed to survive, but only if i could leave money in return | 0.03% | 1 |
| there is a chance church and neighbors will band together to help each other. i would exhaust this opportunity first. | 0.03% | 1 |
| n/a | 0.03% | 1 |
| take what is necessary for survival but pay it back when i can | 0.03% | 1 |
| take what i need and leave an iou | 0.03% | 1 |
| leave payment behind the register | 0.03% | 1 |
| na | 0.03% | 1 |
| i'd like to say that i'd only take what i needed, but who knows for sure when help is coming&supplies may be gone in a few days when you realize you'll need more. i'd like to say i'd do the right thing, but i've not been in that situation to know. | 0.03% | 1 |
| take what you need and pay when open. | 0.03% | 1 |
| if i took, i would try to leave cash and only take what i absolutely needed | 0.03% | 1 |
| take what is needed and leave money for what you took | 0.03% | 1 |
| take what i need leave money for it behind | 0.03% | 1 |
| leave money for what you take | 0.03% | 1 |
| there is nothing in stores that i dont already have for my family and i to survive. we have a few options to where to go but first we would do our best to hold down our fort. | 0.03% | 1 |
| i would take what was absolutely necessary, but make it a point to contact the store owner after the situation was over and pay for what i had taken or damaged. | 0.03% | 1 |
| not really sure of what i would do | 0.03% | 1 |
| take what i need with the intention of making good on my actions | 0.03% | 1 |
| i'd stay home.. have everything there to be self sufficient | 0.03% | 1 |
| would leave a note about what i took would pay when things are ok | 0.03% | 1 |
| take necessary things, maybe leave money | 0.03% | 1 |
| use my emergency supplies. | 0.03% | 1 |
2.
2.
Would it make a difference if the store was already being looted?
No, I would never loot
15%
•
338 votes
No, I would do what I had to regardless
23%
•
518 votes
Yes, it would be easier to loot if someone else was doing it
17%
•
378 votes
Yes, it would be harder to loot if someone else was doing it
4%
•
90 votes
Depends how desperate I feel
29%
•
651 votes
Unsure
19%
•
429 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
•
18 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.25% | 6 | |
| na | 0.04% | 1 |
| if other were looting, it would be too dangerous to loot with them | 0.04% | 1 |
| i would still feel the need to make good on my actions | 0.04% | 1 |
| it would make it harder | 0.04% | 1 |
| i perfer my freedom...not jail. | 0.04% | 1 |
| depends if what i get will save my family | 0.04% | 1 |
| this is what guns are for | 0.04% | 1 |
| depends on the situation | 0.04% | 1 |
| gathering items for basic survival is not "looting" | 0.04% | 1 |
| take only what i need and leave a note. | 0.04% | 1 |
| n/a | 0.04% | 1 |
| it is law breaking and it should be punished | 0.04% | 1 |
3.
3.
Would the size of the store (Mom and Pop vs a Walmart) make a difference?
Yes
16%
•
355 votes
No
36%
•
828 votes
Unsure
14%
•
316 votes
Depends how desperate I feel
24%
•
537 votes
N/A
10%
•
236 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
•
5 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.13% | 3 | |
| depends if what i get will save my family | 0.04% | 1 |
| not during a natural disaster | 0.04% | 1 |
4.
4.
Would you try to do as little damage as possible while in the store?
Yes
65%
•
1488 votes
No
5%
•
118 votes
Unsure
6%
•
139 votes
Depends how desperate I feel
7%
•
166 votes
N/A
16%
•
358 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
•
8 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.18% | 4 | |
| do not steal | 0.04% | 1 |
| at that point, who cares! i have to make sure my family survive! | 0.04% | 1 |
| in would do no damage!!!! | 0.04% | 1 |
| i would not enter | 0.04% | 1 |
5.
5.
When things finally get back to normal, what would you do/feel?
Contact the store and try to make reparations
33%
•
762 votes
Anonymously try to make reparations
13%
•
289 votes
Feel guilty, but do nothing
8%
•
178 votes
Not feel guilty for surviving
15%
•
348 votes
Not feel guilty because stuff would have been destroyed or taken by someone else
7%
•
165 votes
Unsure
15%
•
340 votes
N/A
16%
•
367 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
•
12 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.20% | 5 | |
| i do not loot | 0.04% | 1 |
| if i need to shoot some people to get some food theres no feeling bad about that | 0.04% | 1 |
| pay for what i took | 0.04% | 1 |
| not feel guilty because i didn't do it | 0.04% | 1 |
| nothing. i did nothing wrong!!! | 0.04% | 1 |
| give money | 0.04% | 1 |
| offer assistance | 0.04% | 1 |
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